Unbreakable (2000)
Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson
Ok. At this point, I can safely say that M. Night Shyamalan no longer surprises me. His movies all seem to follow a similar pattern. Good story that has a twist of sorts at the end. And if you pay close enough attention to the story and his little filming tricks, you can pick up on what the twist is in each of his films. And this depresses me.
Unbreakable is no different. Good story that is fairly easy to figure out if you pay attention. Samuel L. Jackson does a pretty good job and I love his afro. (I really think that a good hair style is what Mace Windu was missing. I would have had an easier time thinking of Mace as a bad ass Jedi if had an afro or a Jeri curl (like Jules in Pulp Fiction). Anyway, back to Unbreakable).
Bruce Willis does a decent job playing that same sort of Bruce Willis character. I’ve discovered that he has 2 main characters that he portrays in movies. The first is the washed up, burned out, ratty looking cop who saves the day (Die Hard, 16 Blocks, etc). The other is his character from The Sixth Sense. Quiet, almost laid back, soft spoken guy. In this movie he plays the both: he’s a soft spoken security guard (almost a cop) who saves the day. Does this mean that Bruce has reached the absolute pinnacle of his career? He’s combined the two roles he is good at into one character. Where can he go from here?? Die Hard 4??
Sadly, a quick glance into my IMDb crystal ball tells me that Die Hard 4 is on the slate for Bruce.
So until it is released and we can once again see Bruce Willis play a cop, I’ll wait for my next Shyamalan movie (Signs) to arrive and hope I haven’t figured it out before it gets here.
